VICTORY MARCH IN CAIRO – as civil war erupts in Libya
TENS of thousands of flag-waving Egyptians massed into Cairo’s Tahrir Square on Friday to celebrate the fall of strongman Hosni Mubarak and to pressure...
1.8 MILLION WORKERS EXPECTED TO REPAY 35bn EUROS – GETTING NOTHING...
IRISH Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) Chief Economist Paul Sweeney has told a high level global economic summit involving the IMF, World Bank and...
Boycott Israel Lift Gaza Siege
ISRAEL has turned Gaza into a ‘concentration camp’, demonstrators warned on Thursday night, at an emergency picket opposite Downing Street attended by over 50...
‘THE ISLAMIC RESISTANCE IN THE LEBANON HAS NOT CHANGED!’– Shab’a Farms...
THE Hezbollah leader Hussein Nazrallah has been speaking about the significance of the heavy clashes with Israeli troops on the border with Israel,...
DON’T USE FORCE AGAINST IRAN – Lavrov warns US and Israel
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Friday warned against the use of force on Iran, saying there was no proof it was trying to...
Irish Unions Faced With ‘Draconian Anti-Union Legislation!
THE Irish trade union leaders are currently deciding whether to accept state control of their public sector trade unions, including control over wages,...
A wave of protests sweeps through Egypt
A WAVE of protests against poor living and working conditions swept through the nation’s governorates last Monday. Residents of the villages around Kafr al-Sheikh blocked...
PULL-BACK FROM IRAQ MUST START WITHIN 30 DAYS – say US...
THE Democratic-led House of Representatives defied a White House veto threat on Wednesday and inserted timelines for an immediate troop withdrawal, in a 50...
Iraqi Workers Demand Return To Union Work
Hundreds of members of the General Federation of Iraqi Workers (GFIW) demonstrated in Al-Tahrir Square in the centre of Baghdad last Saturday, to...
JUNIOR DOCTORS’ ANGER REMAINS HIGH – ‘trade unions need to follow...
‘THE strike is going extremely well. Pickets have been well-attended and junior doctors remain united in their struggle against contract imposition.’ Speaking on the second...
Trade unions worldwide support Wisconsin workers!
MESSAGES of solidarity are being received by the workers of Wisconsin from trade unions and trade unionists all over the world, supporting their battle...
OUR REVOLUTION – BY LEON TROTSKY – ‘Revolutionary anniversaries are days...
Leon Trotsky OUR REVOLUTION Essays on Working Class and International Revolution 1904-1917 Collected and Translated by MOISSAYE J OLGIN Introduction 5. Revolutionary anniversaries REVOLUTIONARY anniversaries are not only days for reminiscence, they are days for...
‘The Invisible Prison Wall Around Palestinian Refugees From Iraq’
The following report was delivered by Nasim Ahmed to a Palestine Return Centre Workshop on Palestinian prisoners in London earlier this week. ‘I would...
‘Mr Madni was minding his own business when he was picked...
‘MR MADNI was not originally in Afghanistan, he was minding his own business in Indonesia when he was picked up and taken to Afghanistan,'...
Murdoch University in Perth: Unprecedented 80% cut to staff pay!
MURDOCH University in Perth, Western Australia, is attempting to force ‘safety-net award conditions’ onto staff – slashing their pay by up to 80 per...
PRISONERS ‘TREATED LIKE ANIMALS’ alleges Human Rights Watch and NAACP
THE US Department of Justice should immediately investigate allegations that pre-trial detainees evacuated after Hurricane Katrina to Louisiana’s Jena Correctional Facility were ‘treated like...
An Innocent Man Died After Being Assaulted By Police –...
Legal charity INQUEST has produced a comprehensive briefing on the death of Ian Tomlinson. News Line is pleased to reproduce the following excerpts:– INQUEST is working...
Algeria has no intention of intervening in Libya – says PM...
PRIME Minister Abdelmalek Sellal has reaffirmed Algeria’s firm intention not to intervene militarily in Libya, citing the Algerian Constitution ‘which prohibits our troops from...
CAPITALISM HAS TO GO! – say May Day marchers
‘Capitalism has had its day, it’s historically bankrupt. Now’s the time to bring it down and go forward to socialism.’ Workers Revolutionary Party General Secretary...
US AND ISRAEL FACING FAILURE, CONFUSION AND RETREAT – says Hezbollah...
HASSAN NASRALLAH the Hezbollah leader made an important statement over Hezbollah TV last Friday. He said: ‘In our region we witness a big and serious...
Refugees’ Suffering Worse Under ‘War On Terror’
The Bush/Blair ‘war on terror’ has made conditions for asylum-seekers tougher in many countries, the UN refugee agency has warned. Speaking on World Refugee...
School Support Staff Are ‘Super-Exploited’!
School support staff work the most unpaid overtime behind council chief officers, reveals a new survey published last Friday. The MORI survey carried out for...
DOWN WITH RAJAPAKSE AND FONSEKA – Platform of Common Left candidate...
SO, ONCE again, at the cost of some Rs 12 billion of public funds, we have to face a Presidential election. Two equally bloody, corrupt...
Abbas Urges ‘Popular And Peaceful Resistance’
Amid mounting Israeli restrictions on Palestinian freedom of movement, President Mahmud Abbas on Saturday sponsored the swearing in of the new Hamas-dominated Palestinian Legislative...
Striking Garment Workers Shot And Killed In Bangladesh!
TWO striking garment workers were shot dead by police in Bangladesh on Monday. Almost 140 Bangladeshi garment factories were shut as thousands of workers took...
HEALTH IN THE OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORY – Part Three
TOP British medical journal The Lancet has published a series of detailed research reports on the health status of 3.8 million people living...
UCU slams Manchester Met Uni – after security staff forcibly evict...
MANCHESTER Metropolitan University (MMU) is under fire after its security forcibly evicted staff members from picket lines across the university’s buildings on Thursday...
Sana Journalist Sentenced To Four Years In Jail For Exposing Turkish...
A COURT in Turkey has sentenced a journalist working for Syria’s official news agency, SANA, to more than four years in prison for allegedly...
ISRAEL BLOCKADES GAZA – and steps up assaults in the West...
The Palestinian National Authority (PNA) last Saturday condemned as ‘unacceptable’ Israel’s threat to turn the ‘economic siege’ it is imposing on the Gaza Strip...
GMB welcomes debate on private equity
THE GMB welcomes the House of Commons debate on private equity as the ‘barbarians’ target Boots. Michael Meacher MP has secured a...
LIBYAN PREMIER ZEIDAN FLEES TO GERMANY as militias fight over ‘ownership’...
THE ousted Libyan PM Ali Zeidan has fled to Germany despite a travel ban slapped on him by Libya’s top prosecutor for his suspected...
‘A WORRYING AND DISTURBING PICTURE’ – RCM highlights shortage of midwives
Alone & lost in LABOUR, a survey by the Royal College Midwives and ‘Netmums’, highlights a shortage of midwives and lack of postnatal and...
New York Transit Workers Defiant!
THE MTA (Metropolitan Transport Authority) and the Governor forced this strike: call them to stop it says the TWU transit workers trade union. The TWU...
‘WORK TOGETHER TO FIGHT GLOBAL CAPITAL’ – Teamsters President tells ICTU
THE Teamsters General President James Hoffa gave the fraternal address from the AFL-CIO US trade union federation to the Irish Congress of Trade Unions...
Tuc Appeals To The Government For Jobs, Wages And Basic Rights
The TUC preliminary agenda covers the mounting concerns of workers over jobs, wages and conditions, public services and basic rights. The agenda opens...
Southwark Council Prepared To Evict Heygate Estate Tenants
SOUTHWARK Council says it is prepared to take action to evict remaining tenants from the Heygate Estate, if they refuse ‘reasonable’ offers to leave...
‘DISGUSTING HYPOCRISY’ –Buncefield firefighters invited to Downing Street are facing the...
‘HYPOCRISY!’ That was the reaction of angry firefighters picketing Downing Street on Wednesday night – disgusted that crews who fought the giant Buncefield oil...
MANCHESTER MENTAL HEALTH STRIKE AGAINST CUTS – nurses, therapists and admin...
UNISON has given official notice to the NHS employers Manchester Mental Health and Social Care Trust that 250 of their staff will take their...
US State Governor Compares US Workers To Is Terrorists!
US trade unions have reacted angrily to Wisconsin’s Republican Governor Scott Walker comparing trade union workers to IS terrorists. The likely Republican presidential contender sparked...
France Is Rising Up!
FRANCE is fast approaching a revolutionary upheaval. In Paris the social crisis increases as the school youth begin to hit the streets in often impromptu...
Australian Seafarers Defy Anti-Union Laws!
The crew of an Australian tanker docked in Hobart could face fines under the Howard government’s Industrial Relations laws for protesting against the operator’s...
Fatah Calls General Strike!
Fatah’s top leadership called for a general strike throughout the nation for yesterday, in protest against the ‘fierce and planned Israeli attacks’ that have...
PAUL DAVIES: ‘highly critical jury verdict’
THE legal charity Inquest is welcoming a ‘highly critical jury verdict’ on the death in custody of Paul Davies. The jury at the inquest into...
Fury Over Planned Closure Of Camden Gp Surgery
OVER 30 angry patients denounced a sham consultation meeting by NHS managers over the imminent closure of the contracted-out Camden Town GP Surgery in...
Gm ‘Tentative Contract’ Threat To Wages And Jobs
Manufacturing jobs and the United Autoworkers Union (UAW) are at risk together from two-tier wages in the GM ‘Tentative Contract’, warn rank-and-file UAW workers...